Richard McAvoy
Having practiced at both an international law firm and as in-house counsel at a large publicly traded company, Rich McAvoy has a history of providing superior litigation and other legal services to some of the most discerning clients. By engaging the Law Office of Richard McAvoy, PLLC, you or your business can receive the same quality representation that the world's largest corporations receive, but at a fraction of the cost, right here in Apex, North Carolina.
Relevant Experience
-Represented Fortune 50 client in state and federal court litigation at both the trial court and appellate court level
-Negotiated $70 million investment in power production facility
-Recovered in excess of $50 million for clients in commercial business disputes
-Negotiated contracts collectively valued in excess of $2 billion
-Negotiated economic development incentives with state and local governments
-Represented Fortune 500 manufacturing company in products liability litigation and wrongful death actions in federal court
-Obtained favorable resolutions for a Fortune 50 bank in litigation in federal district court and federal courts of appeals
-Advised client in reorganization of its U.S.-based affiliates
-Negotiated a multi-million dollar acquisition of a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility
-Represented indigent clients, pro bono, before the NC Court of Appeals and the Board of Immigration Appeals
Education
-Notre Dame Law School, Magna Cum Laude, Notre Dame Law Review
-Marist College, with honors
Admissions
-State of North Carolina
-United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
-United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
-United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
-United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
-United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
-Supreme Court of the United States
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- North Carolina
- North Carolina State Bar
- 11th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Novo Nordisk
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- Senior Associate
- Alston & Bird LLP
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- University of Notre Dame
- J.D. (2011)
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- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
- Marist College
- B.A. (2007)
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- North Carolina State Bar
- Member
- Current
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Current
- Business Interruption Insurance and the Coronavirus Pandemic
- The North Carolina Law and Business Blog
- COVID-19 and the Impossibility of Performance Defense
- The North Carolina Law and Business Blog
- Coronavirus, Force Majeure, and North Carolina law
- The North Carolina Law and Business Blog
- Litigation Trends Under the TCPA
- CONSUMER FINANCIAL SERVICES LAW REPORT
- LIFE AFTER JESINOSKI: THE NEW ‘WILD WEST’ OF TILA RESCISSION
- CONSUMER FINANCIAL SERVICES LAW REPORT